The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office arrested three young men the moment they emerged from a home they allegedly broke into near Slidell early Monday, and investigators are now working to link the trio to several other vehicle and residential burglaries in the area, according to the agency. David Faciane, 19; Don Pierre Chauvin, 18; and Chris Lopez, 17, are accused of forcing their way into the back door of a house in the 600 block of Legendre Drive in Coin du Lestin Estates about 5 a.m.

The trio inadvertently triggered an alarm in the process, and the Sheriff's Office responded, spokesman Sgt. Sean Beavers said.

Deputies found that the back door was open and "patiently waited for the three men to exit the residence and took (all of them) into custody without incident," Beavers said Tuesday.

Beavers added that the Sheriff's Office found the alleged burglars' getaway car parked close by. Deputies learned that the Chevrolet Suburban had been stolen from the state of Florida, and they took Faciane, of Slidell; Chauvin, of Houma; and Lopez, of Panama City, Fla., to the law enforcement complex on Brown's Switch Road for questioning.

The trio stated that they all had met in Florida, where they made several amateur rap videos together and with other friends. A Sheriff's Office release reporting their arrests provided a link to one of their productions on the video-sharing website YouTube, dubbed "Long Nights of Stress."

Without elaborating, Beavers said detectives believe Faciane, Chauvin and Lopez are responsible for several other house and car break-ins in the parish. They were each jailed on two counts of simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling and four counts of simple burglary of a vehicle. "More ... are expected as the investigation continues," Beavers said.

Simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling in Louisiana carries between 12 months and 12 years in prison, while simple burglary of a vehicle calls for a maximum of 12 years in prison.